The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
What to know about Facebook’s new name Meta
Facebook has announced it has changed its company’s name to Meta to reflect its focus on building the so-called “Metaverse”. The company made the…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down in global outage
*Update: Facebook has now issued a statement on the cause of the outage, which Downdetector has said is one of the largest it has…
Facebook pauses development of “Instagram Kids” app
Facebook has announced it is pausing development of an Instagram app aimed at children and will instead focus on parental supervisions tools. The pause…
Messenger celebrates its 10th birthday with themed features
Facebook is celebrating the 10th birthday of its Messenger app with a collection of birthday-themed features and updates. “Over the last 10 years, we’ve…